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Alas de sangre by Rebecca Yarros

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nin3423's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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betsubara's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.25

While I've given an extra quarter star because I did finish the book, this was far and away one of the worst things I've read in recent history. The hype this book has gotten in the year I've been waiting for my library hold to come through has left me hoping that all who read it before me have found better literature since. Friends, when I tell you there is truly nowhere but up.

This is fanfic-level writing, and I don't mean in the good way. WAS this book edited? From typos to the most repetitive, thesaurus-lacking speech I have ever read in my LIFE, every sentence in this book felt untouched by professional hands. I could drop three obscenities right now and cover 80% of the inner and outer dialogue of this book. An F-bomb dropped here and there throughout a book can spice things up, but we're four curses deep by the end of page two. There are genuinely no words left with which to intensify the dialogue any further, so the author uses. This. Kind. Of. Sentence. If that bothers you, and you find yourself thinking "Wow, I hope I don't have to read that thirty different times in one book," then I cannot stress enough that this is Not. The. Book. For. You.

If you can push through literally every instance of character interaction in this book to find it in yourself to enjoy the plot, kudos to you. There are approximately no non-toxic relationships in this book, and I have never found hot-in-fictional-men-but-literal-crimes-in-real-life tropes to be such a turn-off (in your head, referring to the 20-year-old love of your life as "this woman" exclusively? Genuine *chills,* and not the good kind). I know I need to wrap this up, but I would be remiss if I did not at least spoil for you that the main character receives possibly the worst nickname imaginable, and that nickname carries through every single critical scene in the book. Not a single moment goes unmarred by the least-nickname-y nickname I have ever heard.

This book was so unappealing to me that I've genuinely spent more time thinking about this review than I have thinking about the actual story. If I read the sequel, it will only be to see if the author's writing skills have improved since this volume. Rebecca Yarros, if you have read this far or have read this at all, I am cheering for you. I see the vision. I see the passion. All the ingredients are there, but I think the next cake needs a little more time in the oven. Congratulations on your bestseller.

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karla_w_a_k's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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mewh0g's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The quotes are amazing and most of the characters are loveable, the ones that you should hate are easily hated

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gothikry's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Funny, fast, tense book that does not pass the bechdel test (lol). I’m pretty sure not a single chapter goes by without mentioning or involving a male romantic interest.

Uses the words “fuck” or “fucking” probably well over 200 times, which is humorous but gets kind of tiresome.

Lot of sexual content (2 lengthy scenes and a lot of character fantasies) which is not really my thing.

The main character is so sassy and fiery that it can be down right unbelievable at times given how weak she is “supposed” to be. The book contains a lot of paradoxes like that. Warning: plotholes ahead. Best enjoyed if you don’t take it seriously and read it with a more light-hearted tone.

I would not necessarily recommend this book to others by any means, but I’m curious where the series goes so I will probably read the sequel.

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